Spatial structure on ocean-exposed sandy beaches: Faunal zonation metrics and their variability

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 478, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-55

  Schlacher, Thomas A ^a   Thompson, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community dispersion; Ecotones; Sandy shores; Spatial structure; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BEACH; DATA SET; ECOTONE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; INTERFACE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; ZONATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875491357     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10205     Document Type: Article

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